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Life under the Colonial Government - Coggle Diagram
Life under the Colonial Government
Early Settlers in the South Island
NZ company continuing to bring british settlers
First immigrant ships brought around 250 people per ship, but by the 1880s they were carrying up to 500 per ship
1872, NEw Zealand Shipping Company founded in Christchurch, provided competition for British shipping companies
Ships round Cape Horn on the return, and this was a very dangerous area, known as sailors graveyard
On arrival, settlers faced by no roads, houses or supplies
Had to rely on Maori for food and supplies
Between 1858 and 1879, southern provinces such as Canterbury and Otago, assisted immigration by paying half the immigrants fare
These settlers mainly Scottish, arrived in Dunedin
Eventually farms and industry began to develop, in 1870s the South island experienced a period of growth, driven by sheep farming, wool exporting, and the discovery of gold.
1882, first frozen meat to be exported in the world left from Dunedin to go to England
Gold Rush
Discovery of Gold in Otago led to over 200,000 immigrants arriving
Large influx of over 6000 men to Gabriel's gully area caused social turmoil
Dunedin became commercial and industrial centre of NZ
Economy Grew
Money used to develop railways, bridges, schools, etc.
Population increased
Provided half of NZ exports
Population characteristics of most gold miners
Unmarried
Young ( 80% between 21-39 years old)
Male
Only 1 woman per 100 men in Otago 1861
47 Women per 100 men in Otago 1871
British Born (96% in Otago)
First gold found in Lindis River in 1861, then in Gabriel's Gully at Lawrence
By 1862, Gold miners were in Dunstan and by November had moved to Arrow and Shotover Rivers
Chinese on the Goldfields
In the 1800s, people of Guangzhou district of China were overpopulated, in poverty, and suffering from the effects of British imperialism and the opium trade.
Many poor Chinese financed their sons to go overseas and become rich quick, often through gold mining
Chinese Population in Otago
1866- 200 miners
1871 - 4300 (mostly miners)
1921 - 59 (due to anti Chinese immigration laws)